Whitting



V. W'HI'TTINGTON.

(No Model.)

BRAGE CORSET.

Patented Aug. 14, 1883;

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VIRGINIA WHITTINGTON,

on VAL-DOSTA, GEORGIA.

BRAC'E-CORSET.

SPEGIFICATIOhT forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,050, dated August 14, 1883.

- Application filed September 13,1882. (No model.) i l .To a, whom it'may concern Be it known that LVIRGINIA WHITTING- TON, of Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brace-Gorsets, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which i s Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of the improved brace-corset. Fig. 2 is afront per spective view of same; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 areviews of the blanks for the corset.

The object of my invention is to construct a neatly-fitting and comfortable combined shoulder-brace and corset; and it consists in making the corset of ten pieces, and in the manner of cutting and uniting the blanks or pieces of which it is formed, as will be now fully shown in detail. i

In the accompanying drawings, A represents one of thefront pieces; B, the front side piece;

O, the side piece; D, the rear side piece, and

E the rear piece. i

The piece Ais made of suitable length, with the width of the upper end a equal to the width of the lower end a. The forward edge F is nearly straight, as shown, while the rear edge F is curved inwardly slightly. blank B is somewhat shorter than. the blank A, the upper end I) being of the same width or preferably somewhat wider than the lower end I). The forward and rear edges, G G, are both out with an inward circle or curve, either greater or less, as desired, to accommodate the same to the body. The blank 0 has its forward edge H also cut with an inward circle or curve, the line H being equal in length to the line G of Fig. 4. The rear line H hasalso an inward curve, and near the 4 upper end is a series of holes, K. The width of the upper end 0 is equal to the width of thelower end 0. l

D represents the rear side piece, the forward line I being curved inwardly, and isof The equal length with the line H of Fig. 5. rear edge I is wave-like in its outline. A11 inwardly-curved recess, L, is cut out of the upper forward corner, which is designed to fit snugly up against the rear side of the armpit. The width of this blank across the line The.

d near the upper end is equal to the width (2 of the lower end. K, at the upper end, corresponding to the perforations K in Fig. 5, serve as ameans for lacing these two parts together.

A series of perforations,

The blank E has its forward edge J slight- 1y wave-like in form, and the rear line J is curved in centrally, as shown, and is also curved at the ends, so-as to form a wave-line. The upper end across the line 6 is equal in width to the lower end across the line 6. f

The five blanks here shown represent only half ofthe corset, a similar set being required for the other half of the corset.

In the manufacture of the corset the blanks A B O D E are made double thickness -that is, of the outer material and lining as is customary. In the front blank, A, the forward line F is provided with the ordinary steel strip, to which the fasteners are attached, as in the ordinary manner of making goods of this character; and in the rear blank the back.

line J may be stiffened either with a steel or whalebone, and provided with eyes .1, for lacing purposes. The blanks are then stitched lengthwise, as shown by N, Fig. 1, to receive whalebone strips. are united to each other in the order repreand lower edges bound in any suitable manner. Straps Opart of which, I, are of elastic The parts thus prepared sented by Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and the upper materialare united to the produced ends of i the blanks D, and these straps are designed It will also be observed that, i

and back under the arm, the shoulders can be readily drawn back, so as to expand the chest, and thus prevent round shoulders or stooping, so prevalent among women.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A bracecorset made of blanks A, B, O, D,

. and E, respectively, at their upper and lower Intestimony thatI claim the foregoingl have ends, of substantially the same width, the hereuntoset my hand this 4th day of Septembianks Oand D united to each other alongthe ber, 1882, in the presence of witnesses.

lower two-thirds of their length, and forthe VIRGINIA WI-IIITINGTON. 5 other third provided with perforations KK, Witnesses: I

for lacing, which thus come substantially in B. A. WVHITTINGTON,

the line of the seam. B. L. STEPHENS. 

